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Mangaaka Power Figure (Nkisi N’Kondi)
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Mangaaka Power Figure (Nkisi N’Kondi)

Yombe-Kongo artist and nganga (ritual specialist) · ca. 1880–1900

Wood, iron, resin, ceramic, plant fiber, textile, pigment
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
CC0 — Public Domain
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Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, Drs. Daniel and Marian Malcolm, Laura G. and James J. Ross, Jeffrey B. Soref, The Robert T. Wall Family, Dr. and Mrs. Sidney G. Clyman, and Steven Kossak Gifts, 2008

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